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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11: Sections 61-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What artistic movement does Boorstin say Monet initiated?
(a) Dadaism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Impressionism.

2. To what use did Romans put sculpture according to Boorstin?
(a) Memorializing the dead.
(b) Marking territories.
(c) Holding up buildings.
(d) Teaching anatomy.

3. What did the dithyramb and its derivatives do in Greek history?
(a) Define Greek metaphysics.
(b) Glorify Greece.
(c) Explore the territories around Greece.
(d) Provide a foundation for mathematical logic.

4. What was the special element of Gothic architecture in Boorstin's opinion?
(a) Light.
(b) Color.
(c) Symmetry.
(d) Irregularity.

5. What was novel about the essay according to Boorstin?
(a) It celebrated the self.
(b) It preserved traditional confessional literary traditions in a new form.
(c) It allowed for new definitions of community.
(d) It was combined fiction and non-fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say Michelangelo inspired people to idealize?

2. What does Byron say a sculptor should do in the epigraph to Part 4?

3. What does The Consolation of Philosophy explain?

4. What does Boorstin say artists began to see in modern art?

5. Who was Boethius?

(see the answer key)

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